| Trotter | Edward Henry | | Captain | TROTTER, EDWARD HENRY, Captain, was born 1 December 1872, son of Major General Sir Henry Trotter, GCVO, and the Honourable Ena, eldest daughter of the 2nd Baron Gifford. He entered the Grenadier Guards as Second Lieutenant 28 June 1893, and was promoted Lieutenant 25 August 1897. He served in the Nile Expedition, 1898; took part in the Battle of Khartoum, and received the Egyptian Medal with clasp. He was promoted Captain 28 January 1900. He served during the South African War, 1900-1902, with the City of London Imperial Volunteers, on the Staff; during operations in the Orange Free State, May 1900, including action at Zand River; during operations in the Transvaal, May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); during operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, August 1900. He was employed with Mounted Infantry during operations in Cape Colony, 1901-2; was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901], received the Queen's Medal with four clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Edward Henry Trotter, Captain, Grenadier Guards. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 29 October 1901. He became Major 26 September 1908. Major Trotter served in the European War from 1914, as Temporary Lieutenant Colonel from 1 September 1914, commanding the 18th Battalion Liverpool Regiment He was killed in action 8 July 1916. The following is an extract from a newspaper: "A tribute to the benefits of sport was paid in his will by Lieutenant Colonel E H Trotter, DSO, Grenadier Guards, who was killed in France in July. He left £25,170, and bequeathed:—'To the Grenadier Guards the regimental cup which I won the first year I joined, in the hope that sport of all sorts will long flourish in the regiment, it having been my experience in all the wars I have been in that the best sportsman makes the best soldier, and I should like this fact to be inscribed on the cup' ".
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Grenadier Guards |
